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#1 Starbucks Restores Scheduling App Taken Down by Hack to Vendor

Dec 13 2024 // Starbucks Corp.’s system for logging employee hours is back online nearly three weeks after a vendor hack had forced the company to keep track of schedules by hand.Starbucks worked with third-party software supplier...

#2 Deloitte Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over Rhode Island Cyber Breach

Dec 17 2024 // Deloitte Consulting has been hit with class action lawsuits over the cyber breach of Rhode Island’s portal for state-administered benefits known as RIBridges.The suits have been brought in Rhode Island and New York...

#3 Nebraska AG Sues Change Healthcare Over Data Breach

Dec 26 2024 // Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit last week in Lancaster County District Court against Change Healthcare alleging violations of the state’s Consumer Protection and Data Security Laws.The...

#4 AI Focal Point of Cybersecurity Outlook for 2025, Says Experian

Dec 17 2024 // Artificial intelligence is at the center of Experian’s annual breach forecast due to its enabling capabilities.Michael Bruemmer, vice president of global data breach resolution at information services company, said...

#5 Rhode Island Ransomware Attack Update: Some Stolen Data Posted to Dark Web

Dec 31 2024 // As Rhode Island state officials feared would happen, hackers responsible for a ransomware attack on a popular state-administered benefits portal have posted some of the stolen information to the dark web.Governor Dan McKee...

#6 Old Republic Starts New Company for Cyber, Tech E&O

Jan 7 2025 // Old Republic International Corp. said it is forming a new subsidiary for cyber and technology errors and omissions insurance products.Old Republic Cyber Inc. will be led by CJ Pruzinsky, formerly of Resilience. He will...

#7 AT&T, Verizon Say Networks Now Clear After Salt Typhoon Hack

Dec 30 2024 // AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. acknowledged that they’d been hit by the China-linked Salt Typhoon hacking operation but that their networks were now clear from the intrusion.The hackers attempted to...

#8 Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid

Dec 12 2024 // All it takes is one hacker and a batch of faulty solar panels to threaten the safety of Europe’s electric grid.Vangelis Stykas, a cybersecurity consultant, said he figured out how to do it. Using a laptop and...

#9 Rhode Island Social Services Portal Suffers Ransomware Attack; Citizens’ Data at Risk

Dec 16 2024 // The state of Rhode Island is dealing with a cyber attack by criminals who have accessed the personal data of citizens who depend on a state portal for health insurance and other social services. Negotiations are underway...

#10 Computers of Senior US Treasury Leaders Accessed in Hack

Jan 3 2025 // Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the computers of senior US Treasury Department leaders as part of a recent breach of the agency, according to a US official and another person familiar with the matter.The hackers...

#11 Pittsburgh Regional Transit Dealing With Ransomware Attack

Dec 27 2024 // Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) has reported it is responding to a ransomware attack that was first detected on December 19, a day when the rail service experienced temporary disruptions. Upon discovering the incident,...

#12 Krispy Kreme Hack Disrupts Online Ordering, Other Operations

Dec 11 2024 // Krispy Kreme Inc. said a cybersecurity incident had disrupted some of its operations, including online ordering in parts of the US.The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it was notified on Nov. 29 of...

#13 Atos Says Ransomware Group Claims It Compromised a Database

Dec 30 2024 // Atos SE said a ransomware group called Space Bears claimed on Saturday to have compromised an Atos database.The French technology company, whose activities include cybersecurity as well as cloud and high-performance...

#14 Symbol Will Indicate When Connected Devices Are Cyber Secure

Jan 8 2025 // Consumers may soon be able to buy electronic products with a label indicating they are “cyber secure,” according to US officials.The White House on Tuesday announced the launch of a new US Cyber Trust Mark,...

#15 Senators Say US Must Boost Security After Chinese Salt Typhoon Telecom Hacking

Dec 12 2024 // The United States must do more to address hacking threats after China’s alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, senators said at a...

#16 US Sanctions Chinese Cyber Firm Linked to Botnet Attack

Jan 6 2025 // The US Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group for its alleged role in a state-sponsored botnet attack known as Flax Typhoon.Integrity Technology, which is traded on the...

#17 Cyber Attack on Italy’s Foreign Ministry, Airports Claimed by Pro-Russian Hackers

Dec 30 2024 // Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan’s two airports, putting them out of action temporarily, the country’s cyber security...

#18 People Moves: Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber Underwriter; Chubb Promotes Latter to Lead Claims for Overseas General Insurance

Dec 17 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and Chubb Overseas General.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber...

#19 Israel Cyber Firms Raise $4 Billion in 2024 on Surge of Cloud, AI Security Needs

Jan 8 2025 // Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4 billion in 2024, more than double that of 2023, led by firms seeking to protect the cloud along with a surge in artificial intelligence, global venture capital firm YL Ventures said on...

#20 People Moves: Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Taps Allianz’s Moro as Head of Cyber Insurance; Miller Bolsters Asia Power Team, Appointing Howden’s McGonagle

Dec 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) and the broker Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Generali Global Corporate &...